POWER TALK
By
Vicki Hinze
We all know that storytelling is an art. Some are good at it. Some are better. And some are works-in-progress who need a little more training in specific areas of craft, like pacing.
There [...]

POWER TALK
By
Vicki Hinze
We all know that storytelling is an art. Some are good at it. Some are better. And some are works-in-progress who need a little more training in specific areas of craft, like pacing.
There are [...]

Benefits of an Open Mind
By
Vicki Hinze
People need ideas. And inspiration. Both require an open mind. Both require critical thinking, analysis, and a willingness to see not one but both sides of any [...]

Reading Places
by
Tara Randel
Yesterday I was part of a Facebook party. I posed the question, where was your favorite place to read when you were a child?
When I was a kid, one of my favorite things to do during the summer [...]

Bayard & Holmes
~ Jay Holmes
On a cold, January day in 1961, in a world chilled by the threat of nuclear Armageddon, I sat near a radio with my family and listened intently to the words of a man that my very young mind idolized.
Even as [...]

The Grace Card
by
Elizabeth Goddard
I recently found myself in a sticky situation. A misunderstanding. That often happens in emails. We write out an email, our intention clear to us, only to have the person on the receiving end [...]

2 months ago|Comments Off on British Drug Pushers in China–The 2nd Opium War

Bayard & Holmes
~ Jay Holmes
Last week, we began the sordid tale of the First Opium War, in which England pushed opium produced in India onto China to balance its trade deficit with that country. Today, we continue with the rest of [...]

2 months ago|Comments Off on British Drug Pushers in China–The First Opium War

Bayard & Holmes
~ Jay Holmes
China became involved in direct trade with Europe when the Portuguese established a trade center in Macau, China in 1557. Then, in 1565, Spain established a permanent colonial presence in the Philippine [...]

TO TRUST OR NOT TO TRUST
By
Vicki Hinze
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. ~Plato
I started out this morning with [...]

An Awesome Surprise
by
Judith Miller
When I finally typed “The End” on my latest manuscript and sent it off to my publisher a full week early (not bragging or anything), my daughter, granddaughter and I headed off [...]